Animal Classification 2023

What is classification?

• The process by which scientists group living organisms.

• The process by which scientists group organisms.

• The process by which scientists group non-living organisms.

What taxonomic rank comes in between Kingdom and Class?

• Phylum

• Family

• Genus

If an organism manufactures its own food and does not need to consume other matter (plant or animal). What is it?

• Autotrophic

• Heterotrophic

• Eutrophic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which level did we get rid of 920,000 species?

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

At this level, we know you are a mammal but what kind of mammal?

• Order

• Family

• Genus

What is taxonomy?

• The study of DNA and RNA
• The study of how organisms are related
• The study of classifying and describing organisms
• The study of organisms in their habitat

What scientist was the first to classify things 2000 years ago?

• Mendel
• Aristolte

• Darwin
• Watson

Choose the correct order of taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
• Family, Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Order, Species, Genus
• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Phylum, Order, Species, Family, Genus, Kingdom

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name
• genus and species name
• domain and kingdom name
• kingdom and phylum name

Why do scientists classify living things?

• to help keep information about organisms
• to make it easy to find information about an unknown species
• to communicate clearly with other scientists about organisms
• all of the above